GNU Software

GNU is an operating system which is
100% free software. It was launched in 1983 by Richard Stallman (rms)
and has been developed by many people working together for the sake of
freedom of all software users to control their computing. Technically,
GNU is generally like Unix. But unlike Unix, GNU gives its users
freedom.

The GNU system contains all of the official GNU software
packages (which are listed below), and also includes non-GNU free
software, notably TeX and the X Window System. Also, the GNU system is
not a single static set of programs; users and distributors may select
different packages according to their needs and desires. The result is
still a variant of the GNU system.

Use the GNU GSRC collection to
easily install the latest GNU package releases on their own, without
conflicting with any system versions.

Use the
GNU
PPA or GNUstep
PPA (Personal Package Archive) on Trisquel, gNewSense, or related
distros to get the latest releases suitably packaged.

Get the development sources for a package and build them.
Many GNU packages keep their development sources at the GNU hosting site
savannah.gnu.org. Some packages
use other source repositories, or have none at all. Each package's web
pages should give the specifics.

Here is a list of all current GNU packages, using their package
identifiers (rather than long names) for brevity, and sorted
alphabetically. If you have corrections to or questions about this
list, please email <maintainers@gnu.org>.